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Author Topic: Help newb disappearing under the wave of detail!  (Read 1380 times)

Ghills

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Re: Help newb disappearing under the wave of detail!
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2011, 09:58:31 pm »

But the skill influences how long the job takes.

The wiki has a lot of info on labor assignments and skills:
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Skill
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Labor
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Re: Help newb disappearing under the wave of detail!
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2011, 02:30:26 pm »

Oh, I misread you then. I thought you were unsure about only the job time being affected.
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Re: Help newb disappearing under the wave of detail!
« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2011, 04:08:58 pm »

the question was about skill in general, there was an earlier post about skills influencing quality, so I though to post about speed and the special circumstances of mining
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Re: Help newb disappearing under the wave of detail!
« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2011, 12:26:06 am »

edit: some constructions (wells, maybe others) use 'mason'/'carpenter'/'metalsmith' for their quality, also.
These don't really use the mason/carpenter/etc. skill for their quality level, instead the quality level is determined by the Architecture skill of the dwarf that designs it.
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Re: Help newb disappearing under the wave of detail!
« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2011, 12:32:02 am »

and of the components in the well
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Re: Help newb disappearing under the wave of detail!
« Reply #20 on: December 13, 2011, 05:06:26 am »

edit: some constructions (wells, maybe others) use 'mason'/'carpenter'/'metalsmith' for their quality, also.
These don't really use the mason/carpenter/etc. skill for their quality level, instead the quality level is determined by the Architecture skill of the dwarf that designs it.

I wasn't altogether sure. I seem to recall sometimes getting an 'X has created a masterpiece' message when wells have been built, and on the wiki:
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It requires a dwarf with the architecture labor designated to design, and then a mason/carpenter/metalsmith to finish the construction. Because it's designed, high-value materials can be multiplied by a high-quality effort on the part of either or both the steps involved, and can result in an extremely valuable piece of architecture for your fortress.

edit: if you go to the (R)ooms page and find your well (usually near the bottom, go up), and press Enter, you get this sort of info:
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« Last Edit: December 13, 2011, 07:10:38 am by rhesusmacabre »
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Re: Help newb disappearing under the wave of detail!
« Reply #21 on: December 13, 2011, 09:22:55 pm »

Hmmm.. Never noticed that. Guess I need to look at my wells more often. :P
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